Efficiency and Diligence

We should be diligent in our work even when no one is watching and obedient to our boss as long as it does not involve disobedience to God. We should not pilfer company stationery/articles. You may share about the goodness of Christ, but if you are disobedient or negligent in your work or dishonest, then people will take a dim view of our God. God expects Christians to use their talents diligently not only to meet the needs of this earthly life but, more importantly, to show forth a good Christian testimony at their workplace. That is how we worship God through our work.

During the 1880s, on a cold, rainy night, an elderly couple walked into a small hotel. The hotel was booked up, but the clerk offered them his room for the night as he did not want to send them out in the rain. Hesitatingly, the couple took his offer and while paying the bill the next day told the clerk that they were touched by his gesture. Two years later, the clerk received a letter from Mr William Waldorf Astor, who was the elderly gentleman, and he wanted the young clerk to manage his new hotel, the Waldorf Astoria.

The clerk’s kind gesture and diligence when no one was watching paid rich dividends. We may not be as fortunate but, we will be richly rewarded in heaven and people will praise God because of our deeds. In our work, we should ensure that God is honoured in every respect.

When we are obedient, diligent and honest in our work, we will make people appreciate our God and His Word. We will be able to honour God and make His love and life flow. We need to, therefore, be honest, obedient and diligent in our work as people’s thoughts of God will never rise any higher than their thoughts of us. People will think of our God the same way they think of us and so let’s worship God through our work.

God, help me to be honest and sincere in my work. Amen